Dickinson's 124th annual commencement begins. Raven's Claw announces its members for 1907-08. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity gives a formal opening of their new house on High St. A commencement concert is planned by the Glee Club and Mandolin Club.
The College Dramatic Club plans a production of Shakespeare's "Mid Summer's Night's Dream". Manager Allen Thompson announces that the Combined Musical Clubs will give their second concert at Shippensburg. Beta Theta Pi holds a convention in Harrisburg.
President George Reed encourages Methodists to donate money to existing Methodist colleges instead of starting new colleges. Pi Beta Phi enters Dickinson. Reports come in from Heib '95 and Pemberton '03 about their mission work in Ceylon & India. Request from the editors for alumni to submit any old copies of the Dickinsonian they may have so that "a complete file of these volumes may be bound and preserved for reference in the future." William A. DeGroot '97 elected as a member of the General Assembly of New York.
Preview of Dramatic Club's production of "The Private Secretary". Beta Theta Pi holds informal dance and reception to welcome Dr. and Mrs. Prettyman. Dickinsonian Song Contest ends with fewer than desired entries. The Dickinson Equal Suffrage Club and an anti-suffrage club form.
Carlisle Indians defeat Dickinson in baseball. Dickinson is defeated by State College in the state track meet. The 1900 Microcosm becomes available to students. Article on the career of Dr. Price. Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Omega Alpha Iota all hold banquets during commencement week.
A lecture on the biography of historic Justice Roger Taney is given in Bosler Hall. The results of the Mid-Winter Sports are announced. The Debate Team prepares for a debate with State College. The annual reunion of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity was held in Baltimore. Sigma Alpha Epsilon celebrated the 43rd anniversary of their founding. The Union Philosophical Society elects new members for the spring.
Phi Delta Theta Smoker. Senior hop in the Assembly Hall. Junior Cremation. Belles Lettres Society election of results. Beta Theta Pi bus ride.
The College Alumni of the Central Pennsylvania Conference held a banquet. Annual session of the Philadelphia Conference held at Stroudsburg. Financial statements for the Athletic Association. Freshmen banquet in the Assembly Hall. Beta Theta Pi reception. Annoucenment of debate between Dickinson and State College in Bosler Hall. Programs for the Belles Lettres Society and Union Philosophical Society.
Annual mid-winter sports are held. Obituary for Dr. G. M. Bosley. Article on the play "Pygmalion and Galatea" given by students at Irving College. Comus Club holds a dance. Beta Theta Pi's annual reunion. Preliminaries for Freshman to receive either the Cole or Walkley prize.
Summary of Washington's birthday celebration. Beta Theta Pi dinner. Debate between Belles Lettres Society and the Union Philosophical Society, in which the Union Philosophical Society Wins. Article on various youth societies and movements. Article outlining the honor system used at Wesleyan University. Update on the upcoming Microcosm. Summary of the Philadelphia alumni banquet.
Major Pilcher lectures the college on the subject of family. Beta Theta Pi held a dinner party. The Reed and Dare prizes are presented to students for academic excellence. McKinley supper given to Beta Theta Pi. Election results for the Union Philosophical Society.
Dickenson looses against Bucknell and Penn State in the annual triangular debate. The 14th annual banquet of the Dickinson Alumni Association is held in Harrisburg. Coach McAndrews issues the first call for baseball hopefulls. The Dickinson basketball team takes a 33-25 victory over Gettysburg. The Drama Club will present "The Whole Town's Talking" on March 16th. The first annual Miami Triad Dance was held by Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, and Beta Theta Pi fraternities. Motion pictures on the process of film-making were shown by the Mohler Scientific club.
College Dramatic Club play at the Carlisle Opera House. Alumni Banquet of the Central Pennsylvania Conference. Liquid air lecture given by Professor Davis. Summary of Musical Clubs' trips. The college organizes chess and checker clubs. Beta Theta Pi card party.
Dramatic Club's plays in the Carlisle Opera House. Beta Theta Pi sleighing party. Glee and Mandolin clubs' concert in Bosler Hall. International Students Convention in Toronto. Dr. Corey's lecture in Bosler Hall. Kappa Sigma fraternity established at Dickinson. Carlisle Indian School commencement.
Article on Dickinson College Preparatory School's new engine. College holds a day of prayer. Beta Theta Pi holds a social.
Beta Theta Pi chafing dish party. New members of the Dramatic Club, which is to meet in Bosler Hall. Notes on Thanksgiving.
The Carlisle Indians defeat Dickinson in football. Sigma Alpha Epsilon banquet. Beta Theta Pi reception. Phi Kappa Sigma euchre party. Glee Club holds tryouts in Bosler Hall. Phi Kappa Sigma reception. Obituary for Dr. Samuel J. Jones.
Chafing dish party. Senior and Freshmen class elections. Beta Theta Pi trolley ride to Mt. Holly. List of Y. M. C. A. members. Appeal for the implementation of an honor system.
Robert T. Wheeler is elected president of Beta Theta Pi. Twenty-one students sworn into Navy. Dickinson receives fifty-thousand dollars from Professor Montgomery Porter Sellers' will. Doll Dance is planned.
The track team wins the Central Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Conference meet at Island Park in Harrisburg. The men's senate announces that the budget for student activities will be increased by $500 for the following year. An itinerary for commencement appears. The Dickinsonian is readmitted to the Intercollegiate Newspaper Association after an absence of two years. Four members of the senior class are graduated with highest honors, seven others are graduated with secondary honors. The non-fraternity women of the college found their own social association, known as the D.A.
The Board of Trustees met and discussed modernizing the campus, the endowment, and alumni contributions. A speakers' bureaus will be formed to allow students to practice public speaking outside of debating. Plans for the Miami Triad formal dance, hosted by Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi, are almost complete. Speech on "Patriotism versus Nationalism" will occur at the next meeting of the Young People's Fellowship. Belles Lettres Society to gain new officers.
Several Dickinson men plan to go abroad this summer to western Europe and norther Africa. The Beta Psi fraternity and the Commons Club merge and now will collectively be called the Commons Club Incorporated. Edward Biddle, president of the Board of Trustees creates a committee of trustees that will consider men for the office of president of the college. The Microcosm is sent to the printers and will be ready for distribution for the price of $4.50.
New system and rules for fraternity rushing described. The Dickinson Players presented the annual Commencement Play, performing "Are You a Mason?" Opening of the new Beta Theta Pi fraternity house. Miss Edna E. White presented to the College a large Galilean reflecting telescope. S. Marsh Johnson resigns from his post as the Varsity Coach, and Robert H. Duffy is elected to replace him. The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded an art collection to the College of "considerable value." An article outlines the events of Alumni Day.
Men's Senate appoints a committee to revise system regarding Freshmen and fraternity rushing. The Inter-Fraternity Scholarship Cup was presented to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The Women's Glee Club plans to give performances outside of Carlisle - a new innovation.
In the last Dickinsonian of the academic year, eighty-five seniors graduate with eight elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. The Belles Lettres Exhibit of Historic Dickinson and other exhibits are reopened in Bosler Hall for returning alumni. Furthermore, under the direction of librarian May Morris, over 700 books were added to the library and more than 2400 volumes relocated from the inaccessible old sections to the new through the previous year. Dickinson is called upon to finish its new gymnasium.